Bottle-stopper



(NoModeL) I S. L. WARREN. Bottle Stopper.

No. 229,2l4. Patented June 22,1880.

' %W'WOBNEYS '7 N. PETERS PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D, C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHELDEN L. WARREN, OF BRIDGEP ORT, CONNECTICUT.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,214, dated June 22,1880. Application filed April 30, 1880. N. model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SHELDEN L. WARREN, ofBridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of referen ce marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of avertical section of 1ny bottle-stopper. Fig. 2 isan end view of the same.

My invention relates to hollow wooden stoppers for bottles; and itconsists in arranging a thin disk or button within the hollow stopperand against the inner side of its solid end, as hereinafter fully setforth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, A designates a hollo wooden stopper, in the upper endof which is fitted a thin disk or button, B, which may be made of wood,cork, or other suitable material.

If this core were not used, the liquid within a bottle corked by thisstopper would, if the bottle were laid upon its side, follow the grainof the wood at the top a of the stopper, and hence evaporate. This ishowever prevented by the button. As this button is inclosed within thestopper, it is consequently protected from displacement by knocks orjars.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the wooden bottle-stopper A, having a central boreextending a portion of its length, with the independent button B,arranged within the stopper against the inner side of its solid end, asherein shown, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that 1 claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

SHELDEN L. WARREN.

Witnesses:

G. A. STAPLES, P. M. CARY.

